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A '''jinx''' (also '''jynx'''), in popular [[superstition]] and [[folklore]], is a curse or the attribute of attracting bad or negative luck.

Examples of "jinxing" in the 21st-century press include the suggestion a ship might be "jinxed". The connection was made with two cruise liners, the [[MS Queen Victoria|MS ''Queen Victoria'']] and the ''[[Emerald Princess]]'', after misfortunes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1955467/Jinxed-ship-hit-again.html|title=Queen Victoria liner: Jinxed ship hit again|first=Caroline Gammell and Malcolm|last=Moore|date=15 May 2008|access-date=1 November 2017|via=telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/324243/'it's-a-pretty-horrific-thing-to-happen-on-a-holiday-cruise'|title='It's a pretty horrific thing to happen on a holiday cruise'|date=10 February 2017|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref> In the 20th century, the Australian aircraft carrier [[HMAS Melbourne (R21)|HMAS ''Melbourne'']] was sometimes said to be jinxed, having twice struck a friendly ship, with considerable loss of life.